by "Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
Published 05/24/2017 at 17:13
by "Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
Published 05/24/2017 at 17:13
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As an HR recruiter, I spend way more time on Linkedin than any sane person should be subjected to. While it’s ostensibly for professionals, well, let’s just say the frequent posts from women complaining about harassment and sexism are justified. Extremely mild NSFW after the jump.
This picture popped up in my Linkedin feed, and I couldn’t figure out what was going on at first. Turns out a real-life friend of mine who I happen to be connected with on Linkedin dropped an awesome snarky comment on a typical boorish Linkedin bro, and he...didn’t get it at all.
My friend is the one female comment. I wanted very badly to like her comment but I didn’t want this picture to show up in my connections’ feed with “AtlasM liked this.” I let her know outside Linkedin though.
UPDATE: My friend texted me back,
“Hahahaha I didn’t know eeeeeeeveryone could see that shit lol. Now I know!”
"AntiSpeed" (AntiSpeed)
05/24/2017 at 17:20, STARS: 1
Has LinkedIn become Facebook for people who wear suits every day?
"fintail" (fintail)
05/24/2017 at 17:24, STARS: 0
Chad and...Ashley?
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
05/24/2017 at 17:25, STARS: 1
It’s so, so much worse.
For example, this .
There are loads of stupid, “you are a genius if you can solve this math problem” posts, and dumb business-y motivational memes, and lots of men who see attractive women and hit on them as if it were some kind of dating site.
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
05/24/2017 at 17:27, STARS: 0
Are you attempting to squint at the names through my blur-ification?
"Bryan doesn't drive a 1M" (bryantakespictures)
05/24/2017 at 17:27, STARS: 0
I knew LinkedIn annoyed me, but I didn’t realize I had to add those things to my least of reasons why. Thanks?
"fintail" (fintail)
05/24/2017 at 17:29, STARS: 0
He’s definitely a Chad (maybe a Todd or a Brody), all three of the no doubt credentialed and qualified “marketing professionals” could be an Ashley.
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
05/24/2017 at 17:31, STARS: 0
While Chad is a great guess based on behavior, especially his complete non-recognition of criticism, I am sad to report that he is not a Chad.
I have no idea the names of the “marketing professionals.”
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
05/24/2017 at 17:32, STARS: 2
I don’t understand why anyone posts anything to LinkedIn, it all falls into three categories 1) obnoxious crap about some business venture 2) inappropriate for a place that isn’t Facebook, or 3) depressingly desperate.
I use LinkedIn like God intended: to see who is googling me, to depress myself by looking up my more successful classmates, and to feel better about myself by seeing how much worse my classmates that I hated are doing.
"Sir Halffast" (Sir_Halffast)
05/24/2017 at 17:33, STARS: 1
There’s definitely a Tiffany in there too. Or a Cassandra.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
05/24/2017 at 17:35, STARS: 1
Also, as an aside: Someone, needs to take his, comma key, away from him, because he’s a little to attached, to it.
"nermal" (nermal)
05/24/2017 at 17:35, STARS: 2
It depends on what they are marketing. Want to push some new designer liquour at night clubs? The “HAY GUYZ CHECK OUT MY HOT TITS!!!! WANT SOME FREE KALE VODKA SAMPLES? TEE HEE.” strategy may work.
If you’re doing anything with any semblance of professionalism, then no. I’ve been to technology trade shows where some smaller companies hired bimbos with hot tits to work their booth, and outside of getting some IT nerds to oogle them, they accomplished nothing.
"fintail" (fintail)
05/24/2017 at 17:36, STARS: 0
In what realm is Chad’s “part time business”? There’s a wide open door for funny guesses.
I’ll also assume an M-something with blacked out wheels and no turn signals, or an S-something or bro truck with similar.
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
05/24/2017 at 17:36, STARS: 1
The only things I’ve ever posted on Linkedin are, “I’m recruiting for this position, here’s the posting, apply online or contact me for details.”
"R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet" (r-saldana)
05/24/2017 at 17:38, STARS: 0
Signs that you are an unprofessional dirtbag:
1. Dispensing wisdom via LinkedIn.
"fintail" (fintail)
05/24/2017 at 17:38, STARS: 0
Even better if Tiffani
"PS9" (PS9)
05/24/2017 at 17:39, STARS: 0
Color blocking is way better than just blurring the names out.
"TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts." (thebloody)
05/24/2017 at 17:39, STARS: 0
Yeah, I log into LinkedIn once ever couple of months only to get annoyed with the constant “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE TRY OUR SERVICE FOR FREE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND SEE WHO IS LOOKING AT YOUR PROFILE!!322211!!!”
I honestly don’t know why I still maintain an account.
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
05/24/2017 at 17:39, STARS: 2
Um, not to be the PC police, but uhhhh...maybe you’re not using the best vocabulary in response to me pointing out sexism on Linkedin.
"nermal" (nermal)
05/24/2017 at 17:43, STARS: 6
Apologies, I know, the thought of kale vodka may be offensive to some.
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
05/24/2017 at 17:43, STARS: 0
No idea. He appears to be mostly full of shit. Shocking, I know. The intro of his linkedin profile mentions the following:
I also have business ventures in real estate, stocks, social media marketing, as well as summer activities in DC , starting summer 2017
"TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts." (thebloody)
05/24/2017 at 17:43, STARS: 0
Also at this point anyone who refers to themselves as an “Entrepreneur” is either trying to peddle Amway or is into something even more shady.
"fintail" (fintail)
05/24/2017 at 17:52, STARS: 0
A real “entrepreneur”.
Kind of reminds me of a young Trump on a small budget.
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
05/24/2017 at 17:54, STARS: 0
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"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
05/24/2017 at 17:54, STARS: 2
I live in a townhouse, own some stocks, post on Facebook, and like to grill when the weather is nice. I am doing everything on his list.
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
05/24/2017 at 18:02, STARS: 0
I didn’t know anyone did anything at all with Linkedin, although I suppose hiring in the private sector could work very differently. I’ve never even thought of using it for either my own hiring or as part of a search committee for faculty types.
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
05/24/2017 at 18:11, STARS: 0
If I’m not getting the quality of candidates I want (or any candidates at all) for a job posting, I go out and find people on linkedin and other job boards.
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
05/24/2017 at 18:21, STARS: 0
That would be cool to have to go out and find people for job postings. When hiring students, I would look through 200-300 applicants for the one or two kids per semester I might hire. The last two search committees I was part of for faculty positions has 107 and 74 applicants (that HR qualified before they got released to us. Who knows how many actually applied), respectively. ...and that was for positions in which the posted salary range advertised the fact the university wasn’t going to pay much of anything for these jobs. It made the initial winnowing a time consuming task for the committee.
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
05/24/2017 at 18:31, STARS: 0
Well that’s the thing, public universities are considered employers of choice. They’re generally never lacking for applicants. Even with the salaries not being huge the benefits and stability are attractive.
Just to give you an example, I have a software developer job I’m trying to hire. It’s posted on our website and Indeed. There are tons of applicants, most of whom aren’t applying themselves, but are rather people being submitted by 3rd party H1 visa holding staffing firms who want to subcontract their people to us, even though the posting is clearly a full-time employee.
Software developers are so in demand and my company is not a tech company or in an industry where developers would expect much software development to happen. So I have to go out and find them myself.
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
05/24/2017 at 18:42, STARS: 0
Interesting. I understand the public employer thing. Aside from my time as hydraulic mechanic and a stint pretending not to be commercial driver doing hot shot car transport with my former one ton dually and a friend’s 52 foot trailer, I’ve always worked either the military or state and local government. The university doesn’t pay me much, but the benefits and stability are fantastic. I plan to be one of the very few people of my generation to have a defined benefit retirement.
"just-a-scratch" (just-a-scratch)
05/24/2017 at 19:19, STARS: 1
Ii might be the other one with defined benefit pension. Wastewater treatment for the county isn’t sexy but the benefits are good.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
05/25/2017 at 07:04, STARS: 0
so in a way Linkedin is “Facebook” for professionals?
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
05/25/2017 at 10:27, STARS: 0
It is exactly that. Except that people on Linkedin often behave less than fully professionally.
"GhostZ" (GhostZ)
05/25/2017 at 22:19, STARS: 0
It started out as essentially an online rolodex. Ask for introductions or jobs through people’s pages (which are just resumes) that you connected with.
Then LinkedIn realized that model doesn’t scale well so they keep implementing social media features to turn it into professional’s facebook, except with a lot of corporate tie-ins and sponsored content.
It’s still great as a virtual rolodex but the social media stuff is extremely cringy, at best it’s just used to share articles about an industry between people who are speculating about it.